Biofuels Digest Index slips to 73.03 as chemicals tumble

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.49 percent to 73.03 as chemicals tumbled. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) settled back 2.39 percent to $5.71, while Solazyme (SZYM) surged 5.49 percent to $11.72. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) recovered 12.12 percent to $0.37. Overall, declines led advances 2 to 1 for the day.